How to Get to 6.6 Million Pageviews in 2 Years of Blogging with Caroline Simmons The Blogger Genius Podcast

This episode demonstrates that it is possible to get to 6.6 million pageviews in 2 years of blogging, because Caroline Simmons of Swaddles N Bottles did it! And the best part is she loves sharing all her tips and tricks.
In this episode, Caroline and I discuss how Pinterest has fueled her blog growth, and how she strategically uses group boards to find new opportunities.
Learn how she hires contributors to create content for her parenting blog, and how she's started a new blog to teach other women how to build online businesses. This is all in addition to having two babies at home!
If you want actionable steps to take your blog traffic to a new level, you will love this episode!
Resources:
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Transcript - How to Get to 6.6 Million Pageviews in 2 Years of Blogging with Caroline Simmons Welcome to The Blogger Genius Podcast brought to you by MiloTree. Here's your host, Jillian Leslie.
Jillian Tohber Leslie 0:03
Hello, everybody. Welcome back to The Blogger Genius Podcast. Today, my guest is Caroline Simmons. It's Caroline right? Not Carolyn?
Caroline Simmons 0:21
Yes.
Jillian Tohber Leslie 0:21
Yes. okay, and Caroline is a mother of two itty bitty kids. And she's a blogger. She's owner of a blog called Swaddles n Bottles, and it's a resource for new moms.
Now what's super interesting is that she started this in 2016, and she has since grown it to over 6.6 million page views. So we are going to get into how she has done that. Welcome to the show. Caroline.
Caroline Simmons 0:49
Hi. Thank you for having me.
Jillian Tohber Leslie 0:51
So I have to say that we met because you sent me the loveliest email out of nowhere, just saying how much you enjoyed the podcast.
Caroline Simmons 1:02
Yes, I am someone who always want to be learning about whatever there is out there that I can get my hands on involving blogging and growing. And just finding new strategies and tips.
And anytime I see your email pop up in my inbox, I either read it right then and there, or I flag it because I know it's always got such great content. So yeah, I really enjoy it.
And, you know, I like that we were saying that the internet can be kind of a lonely place. And so I always like to just send a positive message whenever I can. And just send you a little word of encouragement that I'm reading it and I'm loving it. And it is absolutely helping me.
Jillian Tohber Leslie 1:42
Thank you. And you're also using MiloTree, because if you sign up for MiloTree, you get my emails.
So honestly, like when I get an email like that. It's it makes my day.
Caroline Simmons 1:54
Well, good. I'm happy to hear that.
Jillian Tohber Leslie 1:56
And then when I learned a little bit about your business, I was like, please come on the show, I want to interview you.
Caroline Simmons 2:02
Yes, I'm happy to share whatever I can. Kind of pay it forward everything you've given me. I'd love to share some of my tidbits and hope that it can help someone else.
Jillian Tohber Leslie 2:11
Okay, so let's start at the beginning. You started this blog not long ago?
Caroline Simmons 2:16
Right.
Jillian Tohber Leslie 2:16
So tell me a little bit about you. And how you did this.
Caroline Simmons 2:20
Okay. Yeah, so I launched it in October of 2016.
Starting a blog two years ago to help other mothers Jillian Tohber Leslie 2:25
Wow. So two years ago.
Caroline Simmons 2:27
Just about two years ago now. And my first daughter was just three months old at the time. And when I was pregnant with her, I spent so much time online, trying to get my hands on any and all information I